Review - HTC Fuze (AT&T) Mobile Phone
The AT&T Fuze is Big Blue’s version of the HTC Touch Pro and offers many of the same great features as its CDMA cousin, including Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. It's also tri-band HSDPA/UMTS and supports the carrier's various multimedia and voice services, such as push to talk and AT&T Video.
This particular phone is replacing the year-old AT&T Tilt that overall was a good phone but due for a face lift. There are some design flaws and performance hiccups, but overall, it's a smartphone that can competently handle the needs of a demanding business user and can also bring some fun diversions when needed.
Design
One thing that stood out 1st and foremost when taking the HTC FUZE out of the box was it’s size. You can check out size charts and the actual dimensions, but you can not describe the way a device feels in your hand in words. The FUZE just amazed me, it’s not much smaller than the Tilt on paper, but when you hold it in your hands, it feels much smaller. It’s not any lighter feeling and the bulk from the thickness is the same, but the feel of the FUZE in hand is quite awesome. Overall, it's a very sleek-looking smartphone and while at 4 inches tall by 2 inches wide by 0.7 inch deep and 5.8 ounces, the HTC Fuze makes for a bit of a tight fit in a pants pocket, it's more compact than the AT&T Tilt.
The Fuze is very well built, with nary a creak or wiggle to be found. The slider, as with previous HTC devices, is spring-assisted, though it doesn't pop out with quite the same spring as other devices. Still, it's solid and satisfying. The screen and front-facing buttons are all flush and overall the Fuze exudes a feel of professionalism and power. The keyboard pops out with a springy click, and we heard a bit of a rattle in this phone that wasn't present in the stiffer Sprint Touch Pro. Other differences are minor. Instead of a top row of numbers on the keyboard, the HTC Fuze gets symbols, with a numeric square laid atop the keys on the right side of the keyboard. The back of the phone is faceted and glossy, more like the unlocked versions of the HTC Touch Diamond that we've seen, and not like the smooth, rounded back on Sprint's HTC Touch Pro. The whole skin of the phone is glossy piano black, while Sprint's version went for a more comfortable, less fingerprint-prone soft-touch finish.
Sliding out the screen is a smooth process, and will reveal the QWERTY keyboard in a 5-row design instead of the 4-row designs of previous models — thus, the keys are a little smaller. While the keys are smaller, they are raised and distinct in order to make your typing experience better. On the AT&T version there are plenty of shortcut buttons that can send you to various programs with ease, such as messaging, Windows Media Player, email, and calendar, among others. The Fuze also features the HTC TouchFLO 3D interface. There is a toolbar along the bottom of the screen that lets you scroll left to right and launch applications with one touch, and in several of the programs (e-mail, photos, and video) you can go through your files and messages by swiping your thumb/finger up or down the screen, all with a cool animated 3D effect.
Display
Upon turning the phone on for the first time, I discovered a breathtaking view. The Fuze features the same 2.8-inch touch screen as the HTC Touch Pro with a 262,000 color output and 640 x 480-pixel resolution. Images and text look sharper and more vibrant on the VGA display, compared with the Tilt's screen. The touch aspect of the screen works out rather well, though it took me a little while to get used to. Having used an iPhone for a few months, I was used to a higher amount of sensitivity; on the Fuze, the screen is not as sensitive so it takes a more firm touch to get a reaction.
The hallmark feature of the HTC Fuze, and all the new HTC Touch-related devices, is the new TouchFLO 3D interface. Basically, it's an overlay that helps users avoid Windows Mobile as much as possible, all the while bringing a pretty and useful tabbed menu system to the top level. For instance, you can choose the Music tab from the main screen and access a nice, pretty music player with good playback control. Or, you can choose AT&T Music from the "AT&T" tab, and then you are caught in the quagmire of the standard Windows Media Player, an app so stupid it doesn't check the microSD card for music tracks, and so outdated-looking it doesn't belong on a top-of-the-line smartphone. The screen is bright, the colors vivid, and the dpi is pretty much off the charts. Windows Mobile was meant to be viewed at this resolution (or higher!).
TouchFLO adds a lot of animations and other finger gestures to Windows Mobile to increase the user experience. For example, accessing the internet takes you to Opera which gives you full HTML webpages, and to zoom in you just need to double-tap the area you want to zoom in on. The weather app is an amusing use of animation; on a rainy day, raindrops will appear on the screen and a windshield wiper brushes them off for you. TouchFlo 3D on the Fuze performs admirably -- very quick and snappy. The tabs that are included are pretty standard ones: Home, Contacts, Email, Messaging, AT&T, Internet, Music, Weather, Programs, Camera/Photos, and Settings. In other words, although TouchFlo 3D takes up quite a lot of RAM, the fact that the Fuze has a large amount of RAM set aside for Program Memory really helps mitigate that.
Features
The FUZE is packed with features that you expect in a modern Windows Mobile Smartphone. The HTC Fuze for AT&T is built for the power business user and ships with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition. You have your WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth, AGPS, 3.2 Megapixel camera, and TV Out. It offers the standard core applications like the Microsoft Office Mobile Suite and comes with several personal information management tools, such as Adobe Reader, Sprite Backup, Remote Desktop, a Zip manager, a voice recorder, a task list, and more. The Fuze supports a number of e-mail solutions, including Microsoft Exchange Server, AT&T Xpress Mail, and BlackBerry Connect. You can also access POP3 and IMAP accounts, and there are three instant messaging clients preloaded on the device: AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger.
The TouchFlo 3D/Music Player app on the Fuze is a big step up from the default Windows Media Player. With the aid of TouchFLO, the music tab looks eerily similar to Apple’s CoverFlow, and the library itself is easy to maneuver around. The tabs on the bottom are geared toward finding the music you want to play by artist, song, album, and even allows you to make a playlist directly on your phone. When you're ready to call it day or take a break, you can use Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to enjoy AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, MPEG-4, WMV, and more.
The HTC Fuze is also a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA smartphone. The HTC Fuze also has integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) so you have another option for getting online. Our review unit had no problem finding and connecting to our wireless network, and like the Sprint HTC Touch Pro, the Fuze, the Touch Pro also ships with the Opera Mobile HTML Web browser (version 9.5) in addition to Internet Explorer Mobile, so you have a choice in mobile browsers. The smartphone has Bluetooth 2.0 that supports mono- and stereo-Bluetooth headsets, hands-free kits, and dial-up networking. Non scientific tests show great range and simple setup. Not one bit of trouble getting on 3 different WiFi networks and my Bluetooth headset was paired in a jiffy.
The 3.2 Megapixel Camera does a great job really. The camera had trouble handling bright daylight, and details were frequently fuzzy, even when the focus should have locked in. Pictures at full zoom had a digitized, over-sharpened look. At best, pictures were accurate and clean, but nothing worth printing from our stack. Also, the camera took a long time to take the shot. The fact that you can rest your finger on the center of the 5-way pad to autofocus and then press in to take a shot is elegant and intuitive. The addition of a LED lamp for flash seems cheesy, sure, but darned if that LED doesn't do a great job providing relatively diffuse light for shots that flat out wouldn't work with other WinMo phones.
- 3.2 Megapixel camera with video capability
- YouTube application
- Business Card scanner using the phone’s camera
- On-device printing app — both USB and Bluetooth connections
- Voice recognition and voice notifications
- TV Out capability
- Internet Sharing feature
- Accelerometer
- Automatic sound profile
- Blackberry Connect and Direct Push support in addition to Exchange
Specifications
Specs:
Display: 65K color TFT color touch screen LCD. Screen size diagonally: 2.8". Resolution: VGA 480 x 640, portrait mode with support for landscape mode. Supports TV out with optional cable.
Battery: 1340 mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 4.2 hours claimed talk time.
Performance: 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A processor. 288 megs RAM, 512 megs flash ROM with ~ 270 megs free after HTC and AT&T's customizations have loaded on first boot.
Size: 4.17 (L) x 2.05(W) x 0.70 (D) inches. 5.8 ounces.
Phone: GSM quad band world phone 850/900/1800/1900MHz bands with EDGE. HSDPA 3G on the 850/1900/2100MHz bands (compatible with 3G on AT&T in the US and 3G in Europe and Asia on the 2100MHz band). Supports PTT (Push to Talk).
Camera: 3.2 megapixel with autofocus lens. LED flash. 2048 x 1536 max photo resolution. CIF 352 x 288, 176 x 144, 128 x 96 resolutions for video. Video capture formats: H.263, 3GPP2 and MPEG4. Supports AT&T's Video Share.
Audio: Built in speaker, mic and HTC ExtUSB stereo headphone jack (stereo headset with matching "Diamond" design included). Voice Recorder and Windows Pocket Media Player 10 included for your MP3 and video playback pleasure.
Networking: Integrated WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR with headset, handsfree, serial port, FTP, PAN, phone book access, A2DP and AVRC profiles.
GPS: Yes. Works with AT&T Navigator (TeleNav) and other mapping and navigation applications.
Software: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. TouchFLO 3D user interface. MS Office Mobile suite (mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote), Outlook mobile (Messaging, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes), Windows Media Player mobile, Internet Connection Sharing, MS Messenger, Live Search, Pictures and Videos. Opera 9.5 mobile web browser, HTC's photo viewer, Zip manager, Streaming Media Player, IM client. CV streaming video, AT&T Music, XM Radio (requires subscription), Music ID (requires subscription), MobiTV (requires subscription), Video Share (requires subscription), AT&T Navigation (TeleNav, requires subscription), OZ Instant Messaging and BlackBerry Connect (listed as coming soon as of this writing).
Expansion slot: SDHC microSD card slot.
Technical Specifications
Battery
Capacity
1340 mAh
Talk time
Up to 7.4 hours
Standby time
Up to 19.3 days
Dimensions
Weight
5.82 ounces with battery
Size (inches)
4.02 x 2.01 x 0.71 inches
Memory
Internal memory storage
ROM 512 MB RAM 288MB
Expandable memory storage
32 GB
Memory format
microSD(TM)
Wireless Technology
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/900 MHz)
3G
UMTS/HSDPA (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
EDGE high speed data network
Bluetooth technology
2.0, EDR
FOTA capable - upgrade Firmware Over the Air
Operating System
Windows Mobile
6.1
Display
Display size
2.8" Touch screen
Resolution (pixels)
480 x 640 VGA display
Colors
262K
Keyboard
Touchscreen
QWERTY
Predictive text for fast typing
Backlit Keys
Camera
Resolution
3.2 megapixels
Live video capture and playback
Video & Web
Web browser
Opera, Full HTML
MEdia(TM) Net for wireless internet access
CV - news, sports, weather, entertainment and more
Music player
Windows Media Player Mobile 10
Supported music formats
MP3 +AAC + eAAC+. EAAC+ WMA, WAV
AT&T Mobile Music
Subscription music services
Napster Mobile
Streaming Radio
XM Satellite Radio
Customizable equalizer
MusicID - Identify songs you're listening to
Create music playlists
Visualizer
MEdia(TM) Mall
Ringtones
MP3
Answer Tones(TM) - have your friends hear your favorite song or funny phrase when they call you
Cool Tools
XM Radio, HBO Mobile®, ESPN Mobile + Mobile Banking + My Cast + WikiMobile
Games, puzzle, sports, action, card, racing and more
Graphics
Choose from your favorite music artists, celebrities, sports heroes, and more
Themes
Wallpaper, background, custom menus/popups, icons and more
Messaging
Text Messaging
Insert pictures, video and sound clips easily, Text messages displayed conversationally
Instant Messaging (IM)
AOL®, Yahoo!®, & Windows Live Messenger®
Video Share - share live streaming video with friends & family
Productivity
Calendar, Alarm clock, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Personal Organizer
Address book
Call Forwarding
Multitasking
Use voice and data simultaneously
Email
Mobile Email
Xpress Mail - access work and personal email, including Microsoft® Outlook, Lotus® Notes®, Yahoo! Mail®, AOL®, Windows Live™ and more
Microsoft Direct Push
Good™ Mobile Messaging
Extras
Microsoft Voice Command, WorldCard Mobile
3G
high-speed data and voice
World phone
Quad-band
Bluetooth® wireless connectivity
USB connectivity
Hands-free speakerphone
Push to Talk
Voice dialing and voice commands
Conclusion
I cannot say whether I have found an “iPhone killer” — that will be for each individual to decide — but I came out very impressed by the features, functionality and performance of the Fuze. The HTC Fuze has a 1,340mAh lithium ion battery, which has a rated talk time battery life of 7.4 hours (6.6 hours on 3G) and up to 15 days of standby time. The high resolution screen, decent performance, small form factor, and included software mean that it really does deserve the 'next gen'. I do think that there's still too much UI dissonance between Windows Mobile and TouchFlo 3D.
PROS
- Great Screen, Good Design
- Pretty nice Size and Feel
- Despite the TouchFLO complaint, the FUZE is faster than most phones
- No emphasize on G-Sensor
- Good call quality
- 3G, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth
CONS
- Extra row on keyboard
- Camera is sub-par
- Battery Life
- Price
Source : techarena
The AT&T Fuze is Big Blue’s version of the HTC Touch Pro and offers many of the same great features as its CDMA cousin, including Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. It's also tri-band HSDPA/UMTS and supports the carrier's various multimedia and voice services, such as push to talk and AT&T Video.
This particular phone is replacing the year-old AT&T Tilt that overall was a good phone but due for a face lift. There are some design flaws and performance hiccups, but overall, it's a smartphone that can competently handle the needs of a demanding business user and can also bring some fun diversions when needed.
DesignOne thing that stood out 1st and foremost when taking the HTC FUZE out of the box was it’s size. You can check out size charts and the actual dimensions, but you can not describe the way a device feels in your hand in words. The FUZE just amazed me, it’s not much smaller than the Tilt on paper, but when you hold it in your hands, it feels much smaller. It’s not any lighter feeling and the bulk from the thickness is the same, but the feel of the FUZE in hand is quite awesome. Overall, it's a very sleek-looking smartphone and while at 4 inches tall by 2 inches wide by 0.7 inch deep and 5.8 ounces, the HTC Fuze makes for a bit of a tight fit in a pants pocket, it's more compact than the AT&T Tilt.
The Fuze is very well built, with nary a creak or wiggle to be found. The slider, as with previous HTC devices, is spring-assisted, though it doesn't pop out with quite the same spring as other devices. Still, it's solid and satisfying. The screen and front-facing buttons are all flush and overall the Fuze exudes a feel of professionalism and power. The keyboard pops out with a springy click, and we heard a bit of a rattle in this phone that wasn't present in the stiffer Sprint Touch Pro. Other differences are minor. Instead of a top row of numbers on the keyboard, the HTC Fuze gets symbols, with a numeric square laid atop the keys on the right side of the keyboard. The back of the phone is faceted and glossy, more like the unlocked versions of the HTC Touch Diamond that we've seen, and not like the smooth, rounded back on Sprint's HTC Touch Pro. The whole skin of the phone is glossy piano black, while Sprint's version went for a more comfortable, less fingerprint-prone soft-touch finish.
Sliding out the screen is a smooth process, and will reveal the QWERTY keyboard in a 5-row design instead of the 4-row designs of previous models — thus, the keys are a little smaller. While the keys are smaller, they are raised and distinct in order to make your typing experience better. On the AT&T version there are plenty of shortcut buttons that can send you to various programs with ease, such as messaging, Windows Media Player, email, and calendar, among others. The Fuze also features the HTC TouchFLO 3D interface. There is a toolbar along the bottom of the screen that lets you scroll left to right and launch applications with one touch, and in several of the programs (e-mail, photos, and video) you can go through your files and messages by swiping your thumb/finger up or down the screen, all with a cool animated 3D effect.
Display
Upon turning the phone on for the first time, I discovered a breathtaking view. The Fuze features the same 2.8-inch touch screen as the HTC Touch Pro with a 262,000 color output and 640 x 480-pixel resolution. Images and text look sharper and more vibrant on the VGA display, compared with the Tilt's screen. The touch aspect of the screen works out rather well, though it took me a little while to get used to. Having used an iPhone for a few months, I was used to a higher amount of sensitivity; on the Fuze, the screen is not as sensitive so it takes a more firm touch to get a reaction.
The hallmark feature of the HTC Fuze, and all the new HTC Touch-related devices, is the new TouchFLO 3D interface. Basically, it's an overlay that helps users avoid Windows Mobile as much as possible, all the while bringing a pretty and useful tabbed menu system to the top level. For instance, you can choose the Music tab from the main screen and access a nice, pretty music player with good playback control. Or, you can choose AT&T Music from the "AT&T" tab, and then you are caught in the quagmire of the standard Windows Media Player, an app so stupid it doesn't check the microSD card for music tracks, and so outdated-looking it doesn't belong on a top-of-the-line smartphone. The screen is bright, the colors vivid, and the dpi is pretty much off the charts. Windows Mobile was meant to be viewed at this resolution (or higher!).
TouchFLO adds a lot of animations and other finger gestures to Windows Mobile to increase the user experience. For example, accessing the internet takes you to Opera which gives you full HTML webpages, and to zoom in you just need to double-tap the area you want to zoom in on. The weather app is an amusing use of animation; on a rainy day, raindrops will appear on the screen and a windshield wiper brushes them off for you. TouchFlo 3D on the Fuze performs admirably -- very quick and snappy. The tabs that are included are pretty standard ones: Home, Contacts, Email, Messaging, AT&T, Internet, Music, Weather, Programs, Camera/Photos, and Settings. In other words, although TouchFlo 3D takes up quite a lot of RAM, the fact that the Fuze has a large amount of RAM set aside for Program Memory really helps mitigate that.
Features
The FUZE is packed with features that you expect in a modern Windows Mobile Smartphone. The HTC Fuze for AT&T is built for the power business user and ships with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition. You have your WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth, AGPS, 3.2 Megapixel camera, and TV Out. It offers the standard core applications like the Microsoft Office Mobile Suite and comes with several personal information management tools, such as Adobe Reader, Sprite Backup, Remote Desktop, a Zip manager, a voice recorder, a task list, and more. The Fuze supports a number of e-mail solutions, including Microsoft Exchange Server, AT&T Xpress Mail, and BlackBerry Connect. You can also access POP3 and IMAP accounts, and there are three instant messaging clients preloaded on the device: AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger.
The TouchFlo 3D/Music Player app on the Fuze is a big step up from the default Windows Media Player. With the aid of TouchFLO, the music tab looks eerily similar to Apple’s CoverFlow, and the library itself is easy to maneuver around. The tabs on the bottom are geared toward finding the music you want to play by artist, song, album, and even allows you to make a playlist directly on your phone. When you're ready to call it day or take a break, you can use Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to enjoy AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, MPEG-4, WMV, and more.
The HTC Fuze is also a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA smartphone. The HTC Fuze also has integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) so you have another option for getting online. Our review unit had no problem finding and connecting to our wireless network, and like the Sprint HTC Touch Pro, the Fuze, the Touch Pro also ships with the Opera Mobile HTML Web browser (version 9.5) in addition to Internet Explorer Mobile, so you have a choice in mobile browsers. The smartphone has Bluetooth 2.0 that supports mono- and stereo-Bluetooth headsets, hands-free kits, and dial-up networking. Non scientific tests show great range and simple setup. Not one bit of trouble getting on 3 different WiFi networks and my Bluetooth headset was paired in a jiffy.
The 3.2 Megapixel Camera does a great job really. The camera had trouble handling bright daylight, and details were frequently fuzzy, even when the focus should have locked in. Pictures at full zoom had a digitized, over-sharpened look. At best, pictures were accurate and clean, but nothing worth printing from our stack. Also, the camera took a long time to take the shot. The fact that you can rest your finger on the center of the 5-way pad to autofocus and then press in to take a shot is elegant and intuitive. The addition of a LED lamp for flash seems cheesy, sure, but darned if that LED doesn't do a great job providing relatively diffuse light for shots that flat out wouldn't work with other WinMo phones.
- 3.2 Megapixel camera with video capability
- YouTube application
- Business Card scanner using the phone’s camera
- On-device printing app — both USB and Bluetooth connections
- Voice recognition and voice notifications
- TV Out capability
- Internet Sharing feature
- Accelerometer
- Automatic sound profile
- Blackberry Connect and Direct Push support in addition to Exchange
Specifications
Specs:Display: 65K color TFT color touch screen LCD. Screen size diagonally: 2.8". Resolution: VGA 480 x 640, portrait mode with support for landscape mode. Supports TV out with optional cable.
Battery: 1340 mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 4.2 hours claimed talk time.
Performance: 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A processor. 288 megs RAM, 512 megs flash ROM with ~ 270 megs free after HTC and AT&T's customizations have loaded on first boot.
Size: 4.17 (L) x 2.05(W) x 0.70 (D) inches. 5.8 ounces.
Phone: GSM quad band world phone 850/900/1800/1900MHz bands with EDGE. HSDPA 3G on the 850/1900/2100MHz bands (compatible with 3G on AT&T in the US and 3G in Europe and Asia on the 2100MHz band). Supports PTT (Push to Talk).
Camera: 3.2 megapixel with autofocus lens. LED flash. 2048 x 1536 max photo resolution. CIF 352 x 288, 176 x 144, 128 x 96 resolutions for video. Video capture formats: H.263, 3GPP2 and MPEG4. Supports AT&T's Video Share.
Audio: Built in speaker, mic and HTC ExtUSB stereo headphone jack (stereo headset with matching "Diamond" design included). Voice Recorder and Windows Pocket Media Player 10 included for your MP3 and video playback pleasure.
Networking: Integrated WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR with headset, handsfree, serial port, FTP, PAN, phone book access, A2DP and AVRC profiles.
GPS: Yes. Works with AT&T Navigator (TeleNav) and other mapping and navigation applications.
Software: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. TouchFLO 3D user interface. MS Office Mobile suite (mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote), Outlook mobile (Messaging, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes), Windows Media Player mobile, Internet Connection Sharing, MS Messenger, Live Search, Pictures and Videos. Opera 9.5 mobile web browser, HTC's photo viewer, Zip manager, Streaming Media Player, IM client. CV streaming video, AT&T Music, XM Radio (requires subscription), Music ID (requires subscription), MobiTV (requires subscription), Video Share (requires subscription), AT&T Navigation (TeleNav, requires subscription), OZ Instant Messaging and BlackBerry Connect (listed as coming soon as of this writing).
Expansion slot: SDHC microSD card slot.
Technical Specifications
Battery
Capacity
1340 mAh
Talk time
Up to 7.4 hours
Standby time
Up to 19.3 days
Dimensions
Weight
5.82 ounces with battery
Size (inches)
4.02 x 2.01 x 0.71 inches
Memory
Internal memory storage
ROM 512 MB RAM 288MB
Expandable memory storage
32 GB
Memory format
microSD(TM)
Wireless Technology
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/900 MHz)
3G
UMTS/HSDPA (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
EDGE high speed data network
Bluetooth technology
2.0, EDR
FOTA capable - upgrade Firmware Over the Air
Operating System
Windows Mobile
6.1
Display
Display size
2.8" Touch screen
Resolution (pixels)
480 x 640 VGA display
Colors
262K
Keyboard
Touchscreen
QWERTY
Predictive text for fast typing
Backlit Keys
Camera
Resolution
3.2 megapixels
Live video capture and playback
Video & Web
Web browser
Opera, Full HTML
MEdia(TM) Net for wireless internet access
CV - news, sports, weather, entertainment and more
Music player
Windows Media Player Mobile 10
Supported music formats
MP3 +AAC + eAAC+. EAAC+ WMA, WAV
AT&T Mobile Music
Subscription music services
Napster Mobile
Streaming Radio
XM Satellite Radio
Customizable equalizer
MusicID - Identify songs you're listening to
Create music playlists
Visualizer
MEdia(TM) Mall
Ringtones
MP3
Answer Tones(TM) - have your friends hear your favorite song or funny phrase when they call you
Cool Tools
XM Radio, HBO Mobile®, ESPN Mobile + Mobile Banking + My Cast + WikiMobile
Games, puzzle, sports, action, card, racing and more
Graphics
Choose from your favorite music artists, celebrities, sports heroes, and more
Themes
Wallpaper, background, custom menus/popups, icons and more
Messaging
Text Messaging
Insert pictures, video and sound clips easily, Text messages displayed conversationally
Instant Messaging (IM)
AOL®, Yahoo!®, & Windows Live Messenger®
Video Share - share live streaming video with friends & family
Productivity
Calendar, Alarm clock, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Personal Organizer
Address book
Call Forwarding
Multitasking
Use voice and data simultaneously
Mobile Email
Xpress Mail - access work and personal email, including Microsoft® Outlook, Lotus® Notes®, Yahoo! Mail®, AOL®, Windows Live™ and more
Microsoft Direct Push
Good™ Mobile Messaging
Extras
Microsoft Voice Command, WorldCard Mobile
3G
high-speed data and voice
World phone
Quad-band
Bluetooth® wireless connectivity
USB connectivity
Hands-free speakerphone
Push to Talk
Voice dialing and voice commands
Conclusion
I cannot say whether I have found an “iPhone killer” — that will be for each individual to decide — but I came out very impressed by the features, functionality and performance of the Fuze. The HTC Fuze has a 1,340mAh lithium ion battery, which has a rated talk time battery life of 7.4 hours (6.6 hours on 3G) and up to 15 days of standby time. The high resolution screen, decent performance, small form factor, and included software mean that it really does deserve the 'next gen'. I do think that there's still too much UI dissonance between Windows Mobile and TouchFlo 3D.
PROS
- Great Screen, Good Design
- Pretty nice Size and Feel
- Despite the TouchFLO complaint, the FUZE is faster than most phones
- No emphasize on G-Sensor
- Good call quality
- 3G, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth
CONS
- Extra row on keyboard
- Camera is sub-par
- Battery Life
- Price
Source : techarena
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